[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3371]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CLIMATE CHANGE

  (Mr. MORAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to draw the House's attention to 
the compelling issue of climate change that the House majority 
continues to refuse to address. There are a number of us who plan on 
speaking every day on the House floor on the need for Congress to take 
action on climate change. We are making this commitment because this 
Chamber is filled with such a large collection of climate deniers.
  It is here in Congress, though, where a long-term strategy to address 
this issue will have to be crafted if we are to avoid the worst-case 
scenario and the catastrophic consequences of climate change.
  Today, there should be complete consensus on the science of climate 
change: that the higher concentrations of greenhouse gases over the 
past 50 years are due to human activity; that the rapid increase in 
global temperature could not have been caused by natural factors alone; 
and that the severe temperatures and extreme weather events we have 
experienced in recent years, including the devastation brought by 
Hurricane Sandy, all fit into the predictive pattern of global climate 
change.
  Failure to take action dooms future generations to more powerful and 
destructive weather events, alters our coastlines, and subjects our 
nation to more droughts and food scarcity.
  Mr. Speaker, an overwhelming majority of the public accepts these 
scientific findings and understands a status quo energy policy heavily 
dependent on the burning of fossil fuels must change.
  It is not only unsustainable but injurious to our nation's future.
  In the coming weeks we will be highlighting the consequences of 
continued inaction and ways we can move forward with solutions.

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